Aufzug (2012)
The story is set some time in the past, or maybe some time in the future. Given a time-frame, we would say somewhere between the American moonwalk, and Coca- Cola's serious ambition to turn the moon into an advertising logo. Our central character, the young lift operator, is formed by experience into cynicism, detachment, and apathy. The story builds to its crescendo: of public outrage and state crackdown; the banality of commercial interest and the monumental rape of nature. Set in a large newspaper office, the Lift is a place of relative safety. But floor by floor, with each passenger in his or her tableau, the atmosphere of mayhem seeps in. Finally our young character leaves the situation, far-gone in hopelessness and disinterest.
Cast
Albert
Respectable Male
Patrycia
Respectable female
Herr Bornemann
Liftboy
Old Man
Gustav
Erika
Worker
Redakteur
Assistant Müller
Johannes
Otto
Hoffmeister
Police Officer
Liftboy 2
Uli
Commissar
Assistant Koffer